Full CV can be found here
Current position
Sep 2023-current Post-doctoral fellow, NanoBiology Lab, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Education
2018-23 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Advisor: Rahul Roy)
2015-17 M.E., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Advisor: Rahul Roy)
2011-15 B.Chem., Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Research skills
Computational
Python, MATLAB, Mathematical modelling, Image processing (MATLAB, Python, ImageJ), Basic machine learning
Bioinformatics
Maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogeny, BEAST, SNP/SNV analysis (Python)
Microscopy
Single molecule imaging, Fluorescence microscopy, Super-resolution microscopy (STORM), FRET
Immunology
ELISA, T cell activation, Inracellular cytokine assay, Flow cytometry and sorting
Microbiology
Bacterial culturing, Antibiotic-killing assays
Other techniques
Protein expression and purification, PCR, Primer design
Microfluidics
Photolithography, Microfabrication, Droplet generation, Single particle capture
Conference Presentations and Workshops
Sep 2023 Bangalore Microscopy Course - 2023 organized by NCBS, inStem and C-CAMP at NCBS, Bangalore.
Sep 2023 Molecular Virology Meeting - 2023 organized by IISc, Bangalore.
Jul 2023 Imaging the Immune System (IIS) workshop organized by EMBO at Lugano, Switzerland.
Jun 2023 Course on Super-resolution in Light Microscopy, EMBO Practical Course. (Virtual)
Jan 2023 FCS-XIII National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy at IISER, Trivandrum.
Dec 2022 Poster presentation at Virus Genomics and Evolution conference 2022 organized by Wellcome Connecting Science, UK.
Nov 2022 Poster presentation at Virus Genomics and Evolution conference 2022 organized by Wellcome Connecting Science, UK.
Sep 2021 Oral presentation at Chemical Engineering in-house Symposium-2021 at IISc.
Sep 2021 Poster presentation at Virus Genomics and Evolution conference 2021. (Virtual)
May 2021 London Calling 2021 organized by Oxford Nanopore. (Virtual)
Feb 2021 22nd INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop on Flow Cytometry and its Application in Biological Research and Clinical Diagnostics. (Virtual)
Oct 2019 Phylogeny workshop at Centre for Ecological Science, IISc.
Feb 2017 Poster presentation at Chemical Engineering in-house Symposium-2017 at IISc.
Invited Talks
Jul 2023 EpidemicWatch Talk Series. Evolutionary dynamics of Dengue virus in India (link).
Teaching and outreach experience
Sep 2023 Volunteer, Bangalore microscopy Course 2023 at NCBS, Bangalore.
I will be volunteering at the Bangalore Microscopy Course and helping attendees with the imaging analysis part of the course.
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020 Member, content creator and translator, Indian Scientists’ Response to COVID-19.
I worked on generating evidence-based resources to raise awareness about COVID-19 in the general public. I also worked as a translator to translate the contents into Marathi.
Jan 2020- May 2020 Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Science.
I worked as a teaching assistant for a course on Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena conducted by Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta.
Sep 2018 Co-organizer, Dengue genomics mini workshop, Indian Institute of Science.
I was involved in organizing a one-day workshop to introduce participants to different sequence analysis tools for different application.
Awards and achievements
2024 K. Ananth Swamy Memorial Research Award for the most impactful research communicated during 2022-23.
2024 Best Research Photograph Award by Param Science Experience Center, Bengaluru.
2024 Prof. T R Das Award of the Chemical Engineering Association, IISc, Bengaluru.
2023 Best Poster Award at the Molecular Virology Meeting 2023 organized by IISc, RCB, THSTI and JNCASR.
2022 Recipient of Eklavya Ignite travel grant.
2022 Best Poster Award at the Virus Genomics and Evolution conference organized by Wellcome Connecting Science, UK.
2021 Developed an ELISA kit ”Sero-CoV-ID” for COVID-19 serology, licensed to NeoDx Pvt Ltd.
2018-22 Recipient of MHRD fellowship during Ph.D.
2017 Kumar-Gandhi Award for best poster in Chemical Engineering Symposium-2017 at IISc, Bengaluru.
2015-17 Recipient of MHRD fellowship during M.E.
2016 All India rank-64 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (Chemical Engineering).
2013-14 Recipient of J.R.D. Tata scholarship for academic excellence.